MATH 302 week 3 test.docx mostly tested exam questions with well detailed answers
Part 1 of 6 - Binomial Distribution 2.0/ 5.0 Points
Question 1 of 20
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It is known that 50% of adult workers have
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MATH 302 week 3 test.docx mostly tested exam questions with well detailed answers
Part 1 of 6 - Binomial Distribution 2.0/ 5.0 Points
Question 1 of 20
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It is known that 50% of adult workers have a high school diploma. If a random sample of 8 adult workers is selected, what is the probability that less than 6 of them have a high school diploma? (That is, what is P(X<6) (keep 4 decimal places)
Question 2 of 20
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Suppose a random variable, x, arises from a binomial experiment. If n = 25, and p = 0.85, find the P(X ≥ 15) using Excel. Round answer to 4 decimal places.
Question 3 of 20
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It is known that 20% of adult workers have a high school diploma. If a random sample of 10 adult workers is selected, what is the probability that 5 or more of them have a high school diploma? (That is, find P(X≥5) (keep 4 decimal places)
Question 4 of 20
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If random variable X has a binomial distribution with n =8 and P(success) = p =0.5, find the probability that X is at most 3. (That is, find P(X ≤ 3)) (keep 4 decimal places)
Question 5 of 20
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If random variable X has a binomial distribution with n=9 and P(success) =p= 0.4, find the standard deviation of X. (keep 4 decimal places)
Part 2 of 6 - Contingency Tables 1.0/ 1.0 Points
Question 6 of 20
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The table shows a random sample of musicians and how they learned to play their instruments.
Gender Self-Taught Studied in School Private Instruction Total
Female 12 38 22 72
Male 19 24 15 58
Total 31 62 37 130
Find P(musician is a male AND had private instruction).
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A.
0.71
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B.
0.12
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C.
0.88
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D.
0.29
Part 3 of 6 - Counting Principle 3.0/ 3.0 Points
Question 7 of 20
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Find the probability of rolling a sum of two dice that is more than 7. Round answer to 4 decimal places.
Question 8 of 20
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An experiment is to flip a fair coin three times. What is the probability of getting exactly two heads? Do not round your answer.
Question 9 of 20
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How many ways can you choose 4 cookies from a cookie jar containing 25 cookies of all the same type?
Part 4 of 6 –
Probability 3.0/ 4.0 Points
Question 10 of 20
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Does the following table represent a valid discrete probability distribution?
x 1 2 3 4 5
P(X=x) 0.11 0.06 0.18 0.06 0.59
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yes
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no
Question 11 of 20
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A company wants to evaluate its attrition rate, in other words, how long new hires stay with the company. Over the years, they have established the following probability distribution.
Let X = the number of years a new hire will stay with the company.
Let P(x) = the probability that a new hire will stay with the company x years.
1. Complete Table using the data provided.
x P(x)
0 0.12
1 0.18
2 0.30
3 0.15
4 0.10
5 0.10
6 0.05
Question 12 of 20
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Does the following table represent a valid discrete probability distribution?
x 1 2 3 4 5
P(X=x) 0.16 0.11 0.06 - 0.36 0.21
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yes
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B.
no
Question 13 of 20
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Let X be the number of courses taken by a part-time student at a college. The following table shows the probability distribution of X with probability as a percentage.
Number of Courses , x 1 2 3
Probability, P(X=x) 52% 28% 20%
What is the probability that a randomly selected part-time student at this college takes at least 2 courses? (That is, find P(X ≥ 2)
Part 5 of 6 - Poisson Distribution 2.0/ 5.0 Points
Question 14 of 20
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Suppose a random variable, x, follows a Poisson distribution. Let μ = 2.5 every minute, find the P(X ≥ 125) over an hour. Round answer to 4 decimal places. Answer: 0.9793
Question 15 of 20
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Suppose a random variable, x, follows a Poisson distribution. Let μ = 3 every day, find the P(X ≤ 12) over a week. Round answer to 4 decimal places. Answer: 0.0245
Question 16 of 20
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If random variable X has a Poisson distribution with mean = 4.5 find the probability that X is more than 4. (That is, find P(X>4) (keep 4 decimal places) Answer: 0.5321
Question 17 of 20
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The mean number of visitors at a national park in one weekend is 55. Assume the variable follows a Poisson distribution. Find the probability that there will be at most 71 visitors at this park in one weekend. (That is, find P(X≤71) (keep 4 decimal places) Answer: 0.9841
Question 18 of 20
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If random variable X has a Poisson distribution with mean = 10, find the probability that X is more than 8. (That is, find P(X>8) (keep 4 decimal places) Answer: 0.6671
Part 6 of 6 - Probability 2.0/ 2.0 Points
Question 19 of 20
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A gumball machine contains 350 grape flavored balls, 400 cherry flavored balls, and 550 lemon flavored balls. What is the probability of getting 1 grape ball, 1 cherry ball, and 1 lemon ball if each ball was removed and then replaced before choosing the next from the machine?
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0.0347
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B.
0.0482
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C.
0.0350
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D.
0.0531
Question 20 of 20
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United Blood Services is a blood bank that serves more than 500 hospitals in 18 states. According to their website, a person with type O blood and a negative Rh factor (Rh-) can donate blood to any person with any bloodtype. Their data shows that 43% of people have type O blood and 15% of people have Rh- factor; 52% of people have type O or Rh- factor. Find the probability that a person has both type O blood and the Rh- factor.
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94% of people have type O, Rh- blood
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B.
6% of people have type O, Rh- blood
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C.
33% of people have type O, Rh- blood
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D.
5% of people have type O, Rh- blood
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